Ozil stepped down from international duty after an extraordinary attack on the German FA, whom he accused of discrimination after he was criticised for meeting controversial Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to the World Cup.

The midfielder appeared happy to be back in action on the pitch for Arsenal and Emery suggested he could build the team's attack around Ozil.

"We want to give him the best position where he feels good on the pitch," Emery said.

"We started today with Mohamed [Elneny] and Matteo [Guendouzi] and then they tried to find through the lines players like Mesut and [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan.

"It depends, because Mesut can play on the right. We want to find with their quality, with their good positioning. I think in the first half we played good."